Japan’s Fuji Bicycle brand was born in 1899. Gary Fisher is considered to be one of the founding fathers of mountain biking. After some tough years, the Cannondale company is now producing high quality bicycles and cycling gear.įelt Bike frames were first built in 1990 by Jim Felt, and now the Felt Bicycles Company distributes bikes internationally.įisher Bikes has until recently been a mountain bike specialist, but entered the road bike market in 2008. Joe Montgomery founded Cannondale Bicycles in a little shop above a pickle factory. Other CycleEurope brands include Crescent, DBS, Everton, Gitane, Kildemoes, Legnano, Micmo, Monark, Puch and Spectra. (CycleEurope is in turn owned by Grimaldi Industri. It now sits in the stable of bicycle brands owned by CycleEurope.

The Bianchi brand, like Schwinn, has a long and prestigious history. Apollo is a well known bicycle brand in Australia, which retails through bike shops.Īvanti was launched in New Zealand in 1985 and has since become one of the more popular bicycle brands in both Australia and New Zealand.īianchi markets itself on the long association with past and present cycling champions to position itself as a leader in innovation.